adjective clause

At a certain point in your writing in English, you should be able to identify every sentence you write as simple, compound, or complex. Two additional structures, adjective clauses and appositives, will give you a much greater sentence variety within which to accomplish your writing objectives. This page contains a small amount of information about adjective clauses along with just ten very difficult exercises. First, we will define what adjective clauses are and how they work.

An adjective clause is a dependent clause that modifies a noun. It is possible to combine the following two sentences to form one sentence containing an adjective clause:

The children are going to visit the museum.
They are on the bus.

The children who are on the bus are going to visit the museum.
| adjective clause |

In the sentence above, there are two other ways to write the sentence correctly using the second sentence as the adjective clause.

The children that are on the bus are going to visit the museum.
The children on the bus are going to visit the museum.

Some other sentences can be combined into a sentence using adjective clauses in a variety of ways, and they are all correct. Note the variety of ways in which the following two sentences can be combined.

The church is old.
My grandparents were married there.

The church where my grandparents were married is old.
The church in which my grandparents were married is old.
The church which my grandparents were married in is old.
The church that my grandparents were married in is old.
The church my grandparents were married in is old.

In the sentences above, the adjective clauses are underlined. All answers are correct. Note the use of the word "in" and how and where it is used.

IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT PUNCTUATION

Managing simple, compound, and complex sentences, and then adding adjective clauses into the mix can result in some confusing situations regarding punctuation. There are some specific rules when punctuation is permissible or required around adjective clauses (when the information in the adjective clause is non-essential information); however, in my composition classes, I insist that students NOT use commas around adjective clauses for several reasons.

First, non-essential information should generally be avoided in academic writing, at least in the short essays required for these composition classes. Thus, not including the commas will more often be right than wrong.

Second, my Spanish speaking students have a natural tendency to write long sentences using many commas inappropriately. By not using commas around adjective clauses, students can perhaps more readily recognize when a period is required.

Third, I believe it is easier to learn to apply commas later when they are required than the other way around. Indiscriminate use of commas is a hard habit to undo in my experience. Therefore do not use commas around adjective clauses, at least for one semester.

Are you ready to take the quiz?

This quiz is very difficult. These sentences are actually the hardest I could find (in the sense that you need to know ALL the rules in order to get them all correct), so please follow the directions carefully.

1. Do not use commas in any of the completed sentences.
2. Make adjective clauses of the second sentence in every case. (Obviously, any of these sentences could be written using the first sentence as the adjective clause; however, making adjective clauses of the second sentence is harder because it requires knowledge of all the "rules" of writing adjective clauses.)
3. Spell correctly! This quiz is "graded" by computer, so any spelling mistake or punctuation error, like forgetting a period at the end of a sentence, will be counted wrong.


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when i'm level 1 in junior high school

this incident I experienced when I was junior high school level 1

actually this incident is not too sad.but, I really made an impression in memory.
The first time I entered high school.i still remember.that day is Thursday.that day in class i’m talking to my friend.tiba suddenly a teacher caming and where the computer room.
teacher he was very big.ya miss paula who in the know are very fierce and spooky.she’s already known the whole school level in kemayoran.because she’s like hurt her student.
there is one of my friends have either beaten by her because miss understanding.when that happen I suppress a sneeze.
suddenly I was on the call by her.suddenly she slap me.because her thing that i’m laugh at my friends when she hurt’s my friend.whereas i’m suppress a sneeze.
sucks. 

usually,me and my friend call her "brown gorilla"

CPD,Little Baghdad,SESHA

come was greeted sesha.for the first time.actually,it’s fun.but i’m become a little drunk.

mother countries say’s what are u order?. finally I ordered as fauzan.at least not like Nurdin not top. because it is strawberry. I’m oredered aladin.first time I heard this drinks

food
indra orders of pizza, disappeared instantly in the same meal together.
eventually each other trying to eat.taccos, chiken tenders, lots ...

after that * 7 CLP invites playing card.black jack
really exciting
the loser eat ..
-brown sugar
-salt
-pepper

vita, Nurdin, Fauzan good tasting... yaaaa ..

before I go home *7 Hendry to give a little matter of who we play cards

excellent material

we must be like the card "as"

hanya 1 kekurangan wanita (copas)

Read this part...hope it will bless u ok?!

Hanya 1 kekurangan wanita

ketika TUHAN Menciptakan wanita , DIA lembur pada hari ke-6.

Malaikat datang dan bertanya " Mengapa Begitu lama TUHAN?

TUHAN menjawab "Sudah kah engkau liat semua detail yg AKU buat untuk
menciptakan mereka?"
2 tangan ini harus bisa dibersihkan, tetapi bahannya bukan dr
plastik.

Setidaknya terdiri dari 200 bagian, yang bisa digerakkan dan
berfungsi baik untuk segala jenis makanan.

Mampu menjaga banyak anak saat bersamaan, punya pelukan yang dapat
menyembuhkan sakit hati dan keterpurukan. . Dan semua dilakukannya dengan 2 tangan ini.
Malaikat itu Takjub.." Hanya dengan 2 tangan?...impossible!!

Oh...Tidak!! AKU akan menyelesaikan ciptaan hari ini,karena ini
adalah ciptaan favoritKU.
"Oh ya...dia juga akan mampu menyembuhkan dirinya sendiri dan bisa
bekerja selama 18 jam sehari.
Malaikat mendekat dan mengamati bentuk wanita ciptaan TUHAN itu.
"Tapi Engkau membuatnya begitu Lembut TUHAN?"
"Yah...Aku membuatnya begitu lembut,tapi engkau belum bisa bayangkan
kekuatan yang
AKu berikan agar mereka dapat mengatasi banyak hal yang luar biasa?"
"Dia bisa berpikir?" tanya malaikat
TUHAN menjawab: " Tak hanya berpikir,dia mampu bernegoisasi.. "
Malaikat itu menyentuh dagunya. . .
" TUHAN ENGKAU buat ciptaan ini kelihatnya lelah dan rapuh! Seolah
terlalu banyak beban baginya."
" Itu bukan lelah atau rapuh.....itu AIR MATA".
"Untuk apa?"tanya malaikat
Tuhan melanjukan : " AIR MATA adalah salah satu cara dia
mengekspresikan kegembiraan,
kegalauan, Cinta, kesepian, penderitaan dan kebahagian"

ENGKAU memikirkan segalasesuatunya. Wanita ciptaanMU ini akan sungguh
menakjubkan! "
YA Mesti. . . !
Wanita ini akan mempunyai kekuatan mempesona bagi laki-laki.
Dia dapat mengatasi beban bahkan laki-laki
Dia Mampu menyimpan kebahagian dan pendapatnya sendiri.
Dia mampu tersenyum bahkan saat hatinya menjerit.

Mampu menyanyi saat menangis, menagis saat terharu, terharu saat
tertawa, bahkan tertawa saat ketakutan.
Dia berkorban demi orang yang dicintainya.

Dia tidak menolak kalo melihat yang lebih baik.

Dia menerjunkan dirinya untuk keluarganya.

Dia membawa temannya yang sakit untuk berobat.
- CINTANYA TANPA SYARAT -
Dia menangis saat melihat anaknya adalah pemenang.

Dia girang dan bersorak saat melihat temannya tertawa.

Dia begitu bahagia mendengar kelahiran.

Hatinya begitu sedih saat mendengar berita sakit dan kematian

Tetapi dia selalu punya kekuatan untuk mengatasi hidup,

dia tahu bahwa sebuah ciuman dan pelukan dapat menyembuhkan luka.
" Hanya 1 Kekurangan dari Wanita "
DIA LUPA BETAPA BERHARGANYA DIA
Jika kamu menghargai wanita atau merasa seorang wanita..